Use the OVA file included in the DVD to deploy the virtual appliance.
There are three deployment methods in a VMware vSphere environment. The methods that can be used differ depending on the version of VMware vSphere.
VMware vSphere version | vSphere Client | vSphere Host Client | vSphere Web Client |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0 | OK | OK | OK |
6.5, 6.7, 7.0 | NG | OK | OK |
Using the vSphere Client
Start the vSphere Client, and click Deploy OVF Template... in the File menu.
In the Source screen, select the OVA file that is on the DVD and then click Next.
In the Storage screen, specify a save location on the virtual machine and then click Next.
In the Disk Format screen, select Thin Provision and then click Next.
If the Network Mapping screen is displayed, select the network that is being used by this product and click Next.
Click Finish to complete the deployment of the OVF template.
View the progress for the deployment in Recent Tasks while waiting for deployment to be completed.
Refer to "A.1 Virtual Appliance Specifications" and change the number of virtual CPUs and the memory size as necessary.
Add a virtual disk for the cache area that you estimated in "2.1.2 Cache Capacity". By considering the I/O performance, set the disk provision to Thick Provision Eager Zeroed.
Because the format is Thick Provision Eager Zeroed, it will take some time to create the virtual disk depending on the capacity.
For multi-network configurations, add a virtual network adapter (Ethernet adapter). Select VMXNET 3 as the adapter type.
Start the virtual appliance.
When using the vSphere Host client
Start the vSphere Host Client, then right-click Host in the inventory and select Create/Register VM.
On the Select creation type screen, select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file and then click Next.
On the Select OVF and VMDK files screen, after entering the name of the virtual machine and selecting the OVA file included in the DVD media, click Next.
In the Select storage screen, specify a location to save the virtual machine and then click Next.
On the Deployment options screen, select a network and disk format to be used by the product and then click Next. Specify thin as the disk format.
On the Ready to complete screen, click Finish to complete the deployment of the OVF template.
Check the progress of the deployment for this product in Recent Tasks and wait for the completion of the deployment.
Refer to "A.1 Virtual Appliance Specifications to change the number of virtual CPUs and memory size if necessary.
After stopping the virtual appliance, add a virtual disk that is estimated in "2.1.2 Cache Capacity" of the User's Guide for the cache area. By taking the I/O performance into consideration, specify Thick provisioning (Eager Zeroed) for disk provisioning.
Because the format is Thick provisioning (Eager Zeroed), creation of the virtual disk may take time depending on capacity.
For multi-network configurations, add a virtual network adapter (Ethernet adapter). Select VMXNET 3 as the adapter type.
Start the virtual appliance.
Note
If you use the vSphere Host client, version 1.8.0 or later must be used.
Older versions do not support 1GB or larger OVA files.
When deployed with the vSphere Host client, the virtual machine automatically starts after deployment, so you must stop the virtual machine in Step 9.
When using the vSphere Web client
Start the vSphere Web client and select Deploy OVF template from Actions.
On the Select template screen, select the OVA file that is included in the DVD and then click Next.
On the Select name and location screen, select the name and location of the virtual machine for deployment and then click Next.
On the Select a resources screen, select the execution location of the virtual appliance and then click Next.
On the Review details screen, click Next.
On the Select network screen, select the network to be used by this product and then click Next.
On the Select storage screen, select the virtual disk format and the virtual machine location and then click Next. Specify "thin provisioning" for the virtual disk format.
On the Ready to complete screen, click Complete to complete the deployment of the OVF template.
Check the progress of the deployment of this product in Recent Tasks and wait for the deployment to be completed.
Refer to "A.1 Virtual Appliance Specifications to change the number of virtual CPUs and memory size if necessary.
Add a virtual disk for the cache area that is estimated in "2.1.2 Cache Capacity". By taking the I/O performance into consideration, specify Thick provisioning (Eager Zeroed) for disk provisioning.
Because the format is Thick provisioning (Eager Zeroed), creation of the virtual disk may take time depending on capacity.
For multi-network configurations, add a virtual network adapter (Ethernet adapter). Select VMXNET 3 as the adapter type.
Start the virtual appliance.
Point
You can also use the above procedure to deploy this product in a VMware vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA) environment.
In a vSphere HA environment, if a failure occurs on the VM host in which this product is running, a failover occurs automatically and this product is rebooted on a different VM host in the vSphere HA cluster. As a result of this reboot, NAS access from the business server or the backup server might fail. Further, it takes approximately 10 minutes before the product can be run, and NAS access is not possible during this time.
To determine if backup operation can continue when such NAS access errors occur, refer to the manual for the backup software that you are using.
